Measuring C-reactive protein alongside lipid levels improves the identification of women at risk for cardiovascular events.
Does the addition of C-reactive protein measurement to lipid screening improve the prediction of cardiovascular events in women?
Women
Measurement of C-reactive protein added to screening based on lipid levels
Screening based on lipid levels alone
Cardiovascular eventshard clinical
Adding C-reactive protein measurement to standard lipid screening may improve cardiovascular risk prediction in women.
The addition of the measurement of C-reactive protein to screening based on lipid levels may provide an improved method of identifying persons at risk for cardiovascular events.
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Ridker et al. (Thu,) reported a other. Measuring C-reactive protein alongside lipid levels improves the identification of women at risk for cardiovascular events.
www.synapsesocial.com/papers/696308dd7247ee1819be2f3b — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200003233421202
Paul M. Ridker
Charles H. Hennekens
Julie E. Buring
New England Journal of Medicine
Harvard University
Brigham and Women's Hospital
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